Child rape suspect arrested in Northampton. He allegedly attacked 3 girls.
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Manuel Luis Santiago was arrested May 14, 2021, at a home in Northampton borough.Photo courtesy Chelsie Brubacher | For lehighvalleylive.com
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A man accused of raping a girl and sexually assaulting two others in the Lehigh Valley was arrested Friday.
Manuel Luis Santiago, 33, who lives in Catasauqua but previously lived in Easton, was wanted in the case since May 4.
U.S. Marshals arrested Santiago Friday morning at a home in Northampton Borough, Lt. Matthew Gerould confirmed for lehighvalleylive.com.
Santiago was arrested without incident by the marshals, and he was then taken into custody by Easton police and arraigned, Gerould said.
Gun that killed Easton woman belonged to her, police say
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
The gun was legally bought and legally owned, Lt. Matthew Gerould said Thursday afternoon.
About 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 600 block of Canal Park, authorities said. They initially found a 63-year-old woman with a leg wound, caused by a round that went through a wall into her living room, authorities said.
They next went to the adjacent apartment and, after forcing their way through the locked door, found Jackson, 34, just inside, dead from 10 gunshot wounds, authorities said.
They then located David Javon Hall, who had shot himself and was dead on the kitchen floor with a IWI Jericho II handgun nearby. There were 11 spent shell casings, along with bullet fragments and unspent ammunition in the apartment, authorities said.
Police identify woman killed in Easton double fatal shooting as investigation continues
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
Authorities released the name of one of two people who died from gunshot wounds late Tuesday in Easton as authorities continue to investigate the incident.
Northampton County District Attorney Terence Houck confirmed 34-year-old Shakeeyah Jackson was shot and killed about 11:30 p.m. in her home in the Canal Park 3 apartments in the 600 block of Canal Park on Easton’s South Side.
A 42-year-old man also died from gunfire in the apartment. Houck did not identify the man because authorities are still trying to locate his next of kin.
2 dead, 1 hurt in shooting at Pa. apartment complex, district attorney says
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
Two people are dead and one person was wounded after a shooting late Tuesday in an Easton apartment complex, Northampton County District Attorney Terry Houck says.
The gunfire happened about 11:30 p.m. in the Canal Park 3 apartments in the 600 block of Canal Park on the city’s South Side.
A man and a woman were dead in a ground-floor apartment, Houck said just before 2 a.m. Wednesday.
A 63-year-old woman in an adjoining apartment suffered a leg wound, was treated at an hospital, Houck said, and released. While Houck wouldn’t classify her wounding as an accident, he said she was not an intended victim. It’s possible a bullet came through a wall.
2 targets arrested in Easton drug raids after meth sales probe in West Ward, authorities say
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John Abel, 53, is under arrest April 20, 2021, at 1124 Lehigh St. in Easton a part of a multi-agency methamphetamine sales probe.Tim Wynkoop | lehighvalleylive.com contributor
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Easton police and Pennsylvania State Police on Tuesday morning entered two apartments in the city’s West Ward, leading to the arrest of two targets of a multi-agency probe into methamphetamine sales in the neighborhood, an official said.
The Easton police Special Response Unit just after 6 a.m. went into Apartment 1 at 1124 Lehigh St. to serve a narcotics search warrant and an arrest warrant, and a state police Special Emergency Response Team at the same time went into Apartment 1 at 1153 Washington St. less than two blocks away to serve a search warrant, Lt. Matthew Gerould.